Collier.



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COLLIER.

APPLICATION 111mm JULY 15, 1912*.

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I/VITNESSES: [NVENTOR Attorneys G. PASQUIER. COLLIER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1912.

Patented Apr. 15,1913,

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49 A d Z7 W1 TNESSES p; c U/zarlslasyuier Alforneys M 9 Mam [NVENTORCHARLES PASQUIER. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' COLLIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 15; 1912. Seriallio. 709,370

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHAnLns PASQUIER, acitizen of France, residing at New York city, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented new and .useful Improvements inColliers, of whichthe follow-- ing is a specification. a

The general object of the invention is to facilitate and expedite theoperation of coaling a. ship while at sea and under way, or while in aharbor and, at anchor. 'And to this end the invention consists in acollier arranged so as to receive or surround the ship to be coaled andhaving coal pockets arranged so as to discharge their contents into thebunkers of the ship. 7.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodimentof my invention of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings which Figure 1 is a sideelevation ofthe device. Fig. 2 is aplan. Fig. 3-is an end elevation.Fig. 4 is a sectional detail ofone of the clamps and a fragment of thebuffer. Fig.

5 is a 'detail'section of oneof the conduits.

ship to be coaled in the :manner following that Winch a dry-dockreceives [a1 ship to be docked. For this urpose the opposite sides 55"of thecollier are-{arranged sufficientlyfar apart soia'sfto accommodateships of relatively great beam,'the said sides 55 are in; the form ofhuge floats and their upper decks. are suflicient-ly far above-the waterline and above the inlets to -the coal bunkers of a ship to admit of thehopper shaped coal pockets,6-6 which-are. arranged on. the upper decks othe sides 5-5, discharg-. ing their contents into the said coal bunkers,

through the pipes or conduits 77 which are ad'ustably connected to tho-lower ends] of the oppers. The pipes or conduits 77 may be of anypreferred construction and are preferably formed of sections connectedto-' gether for universal movement so as to facilitate the introductionof the said pipes into coal bunkers ofthe ship or to such other 1 partof the ship as is desired to receive the coal.

,The; forward ends of the sides 5-5 are connected, by the angular-shapedbow portion 8 which is constructed so as to be buoyant like the sides5-5.

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With the structure thus far described it will be observed that theseveral bunkers on each and on opposite sides of the ship may receivetheir supply of coal simultaneously, orany particular bunker may receiveits supply of coal without introducing the coal into the other bunkers,or the coal may be introduced into any desired' number of bunkers on oneor both sides of the ship at the same time. incarryin'g out the abovementioned object It will be understood that thevalves or' gates 10 inthe pipes or conduits 7 will be adjusted so as to admit or v I above theWater level and thus prevents the The collier designated generally'by'a,v 1s by preference constructed so as to receive the cap'sizing ofthe collier on a relatively high sea.

A buffer in the form ofqi' series of upright planks 11 connectedto'horizontal rails 12', 1s arranged on the interior of and con- ;formsto the inner contour of the collier as defined by the inner faces of thesides and bow, a plurality of springsl3 are interposed between thebuffer and inner surface of the collier and-operate to project thebuffer and hold the same in spacedrelation to the said inner surface.The springs are supported in any suitable manner such as by pins 14,connected to the buffer and passing through the springs and fitting insockets in the sides '5'5 and bow 8, the said sockets being of suchlength as to admit of the inward movement of the pins under pressure onthe buffer 11." Thus it will be seen that the buffer will act to reducea strain on the sides lOO the greatest beam, it will be manifest, how-fever, that when a ship 'of relatively small beam is warped into thecollier considerable space will exist between the outer surface of theship and adjacent surface of thecolliter. Now even with large shipswhere a very" small space will exist between. the collier and the ship,it is desirable to guard against relative movement of the collier andthe ship, which would naturally result if the collier and ship were in asea-way which would affect their stability, therefore in order .toovercome such relative movement, clamps in theform of strips 15correspending to the lengthof the sides 5-.5 and screws 16,-16 connectedto the-strips and screwed into boxings 17 on thedeck, are

provided for clamping the collier to the ship to be coaled. The lengthsof the screws are such as to admit of projecting the' strips"sufficiently far inwardto efiectcontac't with the sidesof a relatively,narrow vessel and although the screws may, if desired, be operated byhand, it is deemed advisable to p r0 vide means for turning the severalqscrews simultaneously, such as by worm gearing 18, which includesshafts 19 splin'ed in the worms 18, this gearing being connected to asuitable motor arranged in the 'collier.

Although the oollier is susceptible of being towed like the ordinarybarge, yet ifso desired and as shown in the drawings, the

. collier may carry its own motive power in erties had by the device,the construction is such as to admit of the easy loading'of the hopperswhen the device is arrange alongside a coal dock, and with the usualloading apparatus now employed in coal doclrs.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A collier comprising spaced side portions arranged so as to receivebetween them the ship'to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the sideportions at one end, and coal pockets superimposed on the side portions.

2. A collier comprising spaced side portions arranged so as to receivebetween them the ship to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the sideportions at one end, and a series of non-communicating coal pocketssuperimposed on the side portions.

3. A oollier comprising spaced'side portions arranged so as to receivebetween them the ship to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the sideportions at one end, and a series of non-communicatingcoal pocketssuperimposed on the sides and having .ad-

justable delivery pipes to direct the coal into the ship between thesides. p

4. A colli'er comprising spaced side portions arranged so as .to receivebetween them the ship to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the sideportions at one end, a series ofnoncommunlcating coal pocket-ssuperimposed on the sides and having adjustable delivery pipes' todirect the coal into the ship between the sides, and a gate or valve ineach of such delivery pipes.

5. A collier comprising spaced side members arranged so as to receivebetween them the vessel to be coaled, a bow portion connecting the saidside members at one end, a buffer yieldingly held in spaced relation tothe inner faces of the side members and bow portion, and coal pocketssuperimposed on the side members.

6. In a collier of the class described, the combination of side membersarranged to receive between them a vesselto be coaled, clamping stripscarried by the side members, and means for projecting said clampingstrips into contact with the sides of the vessel arranged between theside members.

Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature in' presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES PASQUIER.

Witnesses:

C. JAMES CRONIN,

JOHN A. DONEGHY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents: each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

